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The following CONFIG.SYS file defines three configurations:
 
    [menu]
    menuitem=base_config, Base configuration only
    menuitem=full_config, Normal configuration
    menuitem=net_config, Normal configuration with network
 
    [base_config]
    dos=high
    device=c:\dos\himem.sys
 
    [full_config]
    include=base_config
    dos=umb
    device=c:\dos\emm386.exe ram
    devicehigh=c:\dos\ramdrive.sys 512
 
    [net_config]
    include=full_config
    devicehigh=c:\net\network.sys
 
    [common]
 
This CONFIG.SYS file contains four configuration blocks. The [base_config]
block contains two typical CONFIG.SYS commands. The [full_config] block
includes the commands in [base_config] plus the DOS=UMB command, a DEVICE
command, and a DEVICEHIGH command. The third configuration, [net_config],
includes all the commands in [full_config], which in turn includes those in
[base_config]. The [common] block appears at the end of the CONFIG.SYS file.
It is a good idea to end your CONFIG.SYS file with a [common] block so that
installation programs can successfully append commands to your CONFIG.SYS
file.
 
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